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2D Shape Recognition, St Patrick's Day
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2D Shape Recognition, St Patrick's Day

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These St Patrick’s Day 2D shape activities are the perfect way for your students to work on their 2d shape recognition skills. These task cards are an engaging and hands-on addition to your math centers and will give your students plenty of opportunity to work on recognising different 2D shapes and match them to a different image of the 2D shape. These task cards come in 2 different levels; Level 1 - matching identical 2D shape images Level 2 - match basic shapes to St Patrick’s 2D shape images. Each task card contains a shamrock or coin in the form of different 2d shapes. There are 13 different task cards/2D shapes included in each level = a total of 26 different task cards for you to use in your math centers. Students can either use a dry wipe pen or clothing peg to select their answer out of 2 (level 1) or 3 (level 2) options. Instructions • Print out each of the task cards. • Cut out and laminate the individual task cards. • Place these in your math center and have your students use a dry wipe pen or clothing peg to select their answer. ** The 2D shapes included are;** Circle Heart Diamond Hexagon Octagon Parallelogram Oval Pentagon Rhombus Star Square Triangle Rectangle These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
3 Little Pigs Word Search Activities
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3 Little Pigs Word Search Activities

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These 3 Little Pigs word search worksheets are a great addition to your 3 Little Pigs activities. There are 2 levels of word searches included in this pack with a total of 11 different word search worksheets. This resource includes; ♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 7 (8 words) ♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 4 (16 words) ♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own 3 Little Pigs theme word searches ♦ Vocabulary poster with all the words from the word searches ♦ Answer keys These worksheets come in black and white for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
Valentine Wh- Questions and Scenes
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Valentine Wh- Questions and Scenes

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This resource contains 7 different 'Valentine' themed scenery images accompanied with two different types of recording sheets/questions. Each scenery image comes with: ♦ non-verbal question/recording cards ♦ verbal question/recording cards to suit individual student needs. The question/recording cards also come with space to record two different dates to track student progress. The wh- questions are; who, what, where. 10 questions included for each scene = 70 questions in total. A great way to improve student understanding, attention to detail and question/answering techniques. This resources comes in col option only - no b/w option.
Diwali Word Search Activity
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Diwali Word Search Activity

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This Diwali themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Diwali word searches and also vocabulary posters that include all the vocabulary used through all the word searches. This resource includes; ♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 8 (8 words) ♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 4 (16 words) ♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Diwali theme word searches ♦ Vocabulary posters with all the words from the word searches ♦ Answer keys These worksheets come in b/w for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
Dinosaurs Word Search Activity
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Dinosaurs Word Search Activity

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This Dinosaurs themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Dinosaur word searches and also 1 vocabulary poster that includes all the vocabulary used through all the word searches. This resource includes; ♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 8 (8 words) ♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 4 (16 words) ♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Dinosaur theme word searches ♦ Vocabulary poster with all the words from the word searches ♦ Answer keys These worksheets come in b/w for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
Frog Matching Colour Recognition Color Recognition
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Frog Matching Colour Recognition Color Recognition

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This frog themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their colour sorting / color sorting skills. This resource can either be used as a simple colour matching activity where students have to match the same colour frog to the lily pad, or you can use the instruction task cards included. The instruction task cards contain a small instruction (with symbol support) for students to read/listen to and then follow. For example ‘put 3 blue frogs on the green lily pad.’ The task cards are a great way to see if your students are not only able to read the instruction, but to also take meaning and understanding from it and know what to do next. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.) Instructions • Print out the lily pad pages and laminate them. • Print out the frogs, cut them out individually and laminate them. • Print out the task cards if using and laminate them. • Students can then either match the colour frogs to the matching lily pad or use the instruction task cards to complete the activity.
Rooms of the House Category Sorting Cards
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Rooms of the House Category Sorting Cards

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This resource contains 8 different rooms for students to match the appropriate furniture/object images into. The rooms included are: ♦ Bedroom ♦ Bathroom ♦ Dining Room ♦ Garage ♦ Kitchen ♦ Living Room ♦ Office ♦ Yard If you have any recommendations for any additional sorting pages you would like added please don't hesitate to contact me. There are 6 items to match for each card. I recommend laminating each of the individual parts so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable. This resource is a great way for students to work on their sorting and categorising / categorizing skills. They are used with an Autism Classroom on a regular basis which have really helped to develop the children's understanding. As well as suiting an Autism Classroom, this resource would also benefit Spec Ed Classrooms and even Mainstream Classrooms.
CVC Handwriting Practice Worksheets
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CVC Handwriting Practice Worksheets

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CVC Handwriting Practice Printable Worksheet Activities This resource contains handwriting practice related to CVC words. There is a handwriting worksheet for each CVC word - 6 for each vowel - a,e,i,o,u. Each worksheet gives students the opportunity to overwrite the CVC word in a sentence, overwrite the word, appropriately form the letters in the word, draw a picture of the word and find and circle the first letter of the word.
UK Coins Piggy Bank Matching
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UK Coins Piggy Bank Matching

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This resource is a fun and engaging activity for students to work on their coin recognition and matching skills. All the coins included in this pack are UK coins. There are 10 different piggy banks included that are filled with different coins. They come in 2 levels - 5 different coins in the piggy bank to match and 8 different coins in the piggy bank to match. You can use real coins or the coins that are provided in this resource pack. I highly recommend each of the individual pieces of this activity so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable in the future. Students simply match the coins to the prices (1p, 2p etc) in the piggy banks. Also comes in b/w option for your preference.
CVC Activities: Spelling Task Cards
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CVC Activities: Spelling Task Cards

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This resource contains 30 different task cards. There are 6 task cards per vowel - a,e,i,o,u. Each task card contains an image and 3 boxes below for students to either write in or to place magnetic letters/foam letters. I highly recommend cutting each task card out individually and laminating so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. Using magnetic or foam letters is a great way to make an activity more interactive and enjoyable for your students. I recommend purchasing some letters from a local store or on Amazon for this activity. You can either leave letters out on a table or make the activity even more fun by hiding the letters in sensory trays and/or using fishing rods to catch the magnetic letters. Great fun to help students practice their CVC words. Comes in colour or black and white option for ink friendly printing. Contains 15 pages.
CVC Write the Room Activity
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CVC Write the Room Activity

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This activity includes 20 different write the room flashcards. All images and vocabulary are linked to the theme of CVC words. This come with 2 levels of difficulty. Students can either use flashcards 1-10 or 1-20, depending upon which you think is most suitable to your students. There are 2 different recording sheets to accommodate the 2 different levels. One uses 1-10 and one uses 1-20. All flashcards are ready numbered. An answer key is provided on the bottom two pages of the recording sheet PDF file. Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. This download includes two PDF documents - one for the flashcards and one for the recording sheets. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual flashcards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting. You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are: ♦ Around the classroom ♦ Outdoor play area ♦ In a tough tray ♦ In a sensory tub etc. This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while practising their vocabulary and spelling skills.
Adam and Eve Bible Story Flashcard Story
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Adam and Eve Bible Story Flashcard Story

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This resource contains an 18 mini page simplified story of Adam and Even from the Bible. Each mini page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it'll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you. It has been simplified into a short story, with bright, eye-catching graphics to keep students engaged. This download comes in colour/color or black and white option. Perfect for a special needs/autistic class or pre-k/k and to introduce the Bible into your setting
Autism Classroom Visuals, First Then and More Visuals with Communication Symbols
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Autism Classroom Visuals, First Then and More Visuals with Communication Symbols

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This is a great visual resource to support and encourage students when taking part in different activities throughout the day. It comes with a variety of different 'boards' for your preference on which to use as well as 68 symbols to accompany the resource. The boards included come in both b/w and col option. There is a contents page included so you are aware of what you are printing in the PDF document. Included are: First, Then board b/w Now, Next board b/w First, Next, Then board b/w Now, Next, Then board b/w First, Then, Last board b/w First, Then board col Now, Next board col First, Next, Then board col Now, Next, Then board col First, Then Last board col Visuals/Symbols I highly recommend cutting out and laminating the individual pieces so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. There are also brief instructions included on the first page of the PDF, however this is a quick and simple resource to put together that will work wonders with you and your students throughout the year. This resource comes with some choice symbols, if you feel there is something that you desperately need please feel free to contact me through the 'Ask a question' tab as a request and I will try my best to add it. Contains 16 pages.
Fine Motor Skills Task Cards, Pre Handwriting
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Fine Motor Skills Task Cards, Pre Handwriting

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These fine motor skill tracing task cards are a great way to encourage students some engaging fine motor skill practice. This pack includes 53 different task cards. Each task card includes one type of fine motor/pre handwriting skill. Each page comes with 4 task cards on, I recommend printing them out and cutting them individually. Laminate them to prolong the use of them - you will be able to use them over and over. These are great to help students improve their handwriting/fine motor skills/pen control. Set them up ready then store them away, ready to pull out whenever you need them. These are great time fillers or extras for your literacy centres.
Home School Parent Communication Book
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Home School Parent Communication Book

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This is an editable communication book (although you can not edit/extract clipart - these are protected to reserve the rights of the fantastic clip artists), for you to be able to communicate with students families/carers back and fore School and home, keeping everyone up to date on student(s) individual progress, behaviors/behaviours, moods etc. You can add text and change text for different parts of the home/school book. It comes in PDF (non editable), Keynote (editable) and Powerpoint (editable) options for your preference. It comes with British & American spellings. This is especially great for a special education class, the pages come as the following; ♦ choice of covers ♦ staff in class, students in class ♦ weekly planner ♦ daily conversation page The daily conversation page is laid out with different boxes and two comment boxes; one for school to fill in and one for parents to fill in.
Diwali Flashcard Story
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Diwali Flashcard Story

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This resource is a simplified story of Diwali. The pages come in flashcard size so you can either use as flashcards - one per day to break up the story or put together as a small book and you read to the class/students read individually. 17 pages/flashcards in total. Lots of fun, bright clipart to keep students engaged. Perfect for a special needs/autistic class or pre-k/k
Emotions / Feelings Bingo Game
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Emotions / Feelings Bingo Game

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This bingo pack is the perfect addition to your feelings and emotions activities. Students will love working on recognizing different feelings and being able to match these to their bingo board. There are 22 bingo boards included in this pack, which will allow you to have up to 22 players taking part at once with this activity. You can also use this with smaller group activities, or even at 1:1 work stations. What’s Included? 22 Bingo Boards Mini Image and Word Feelings Flashcards Mini Word Feelings Flashcards Feelings Image and Word Flashcards Bingo Cover Ups How to Use? Hand out the bingo boards to players. Provide players with a set of bingo cover ups or manipulatives. Use any of the 3 types of flashcards to call out the feelings. If students have the same feeling on their board, they cover it up. The first student to cover all their feelings on their board shouts ‘Bingo’ and they are the winner. Other Uses Although this is a bingo pack, the activities included can be used in a range of others ways too, such as; Discussion. Look at the flashcards. Think of a reason that the boy/girl may feel like that. Questions. Lay out some different flashcards. “If I bought you an ice cream, but then you dropped it on the floor, how do you think you would feel?” And the student points to or selects one of the feelings on the flashcards. Matching. A simple matching game. Match the flashcards to the images on the bingo boards. . This activity is a fun and engaging way to help students work on and understand different feelings and emotions. Instructions Print out the bingo boards, flashcards and bingo cover ups that you’ll be using. Print out a set of bingo cover ups for each child. Decide which flashcard you will use and then print. Laminate the bingo boards. Cut up and laminate the flashcards and bing cover ups then, laminate them.
Social Story - Behaviours, Behaviors
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Social Story - Behaviours, Behaviors

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This resource contains a behaviour / behavior management symbol support story that is a great resource to introduce and encourage behavior / behaviour management with yours students. This social story is 22 page story on behaviour/behaviors. It comes with a choice of 3 different covers (my helping story, behaviour management, behavior management). The story is a walkthrough of different things that students may do if they get angry/sad and how you/they can help calm. Each page comes with a descriptive image/symbol. I recommend printing each page individually, laminating and then binding together a book so that it can be used for future/prolonged use. The pages included are as follows; ♦ I am happy when I get to do things I like ♦ I get sad if I have to do things I don't like ♦ Sometimes, I get angry if I have to do something I hate ♦ I may get angry if something doesn't go my way ♦ When I'm angry I don't understand how to cope ♦ I might cry ♦ I may have a tantrum ♦ I may throw things across the room ♦ I may scream really, really loud ♦ I may make a mess ♦ I may hurt myself ♦ If I hurt myself I can get more upset ♦ I may hurt someone ♦ I must remember to be kind to others ♦ If I hurt someone else, they may get upset ♦ My teacher can help me if I am angry or upset ♦ I can go to a quiet area to help me relax ♦ I can blow 5 big, deep breaths ♦ I can go for a walk ♦ It is OK to ask for help ♦ Soon, I will be happy again!
I Am Working For Visual Reward System
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I Am Working For Visual Reward System

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This is a great visual resource to help motivate and encourage students to complete their task(s) or work in order to gain tokens to receive their reward. Students collect a token for each task they complete/minute worked (you choose), once they have achieved all the tokens they get to have their choice activity. It is important for you to offer children the choice of what they want once they have finished their work so that they are motivated to achieve it at the end! This resource comes with two different options of each board (one with a yellow box for choice to go inside, one with black box). It also comes in 4 different difficulty levels. ♦ Level 1: 3 tokens then reward ♦ Level 2: 4 tokens then reward ♦ Level 3: 5 tokens then reward ♦ Level 4: 10 tokens then reward If you are unsure of what your student’s level of working is, I would start at the bottom and use level 1 then build your way up, if you feel your student is capable of working a large amount before achieving their reward then use your professional opinion on where to start them. To put together; ♦ print out the board that you want to use ♦ laminate it and attach velcro bits in each box ♦ cut out and laminate the choice activities provided (or provide your own) and add velcro to the back of them so that they will stick to the box on the page ♦ cut out and laminate your choice of reward coupons (3 different options provided) and also velcro these. You’re done! This is a great resource for encouraging students to work and also to improve how long they are able to work for or how many activities they can complete! This resource comes with some choice symbols, if you feel there is something that you desperately need please feel free to contact me through the ‘Ask a question’ tab as a request and I will try my best to add it. The symbols included so far are; ♦ ball pit ♦ blocks ♦ game (2 options) ♦ book ♦ bubbles ♦ car ♦ computer ♦ lego ♦ iPad ♦ music (2 options) ♦ outside ♦ playground ♦ puppets ♦ relax ♦ sand ♦ time out ♦ choice ♦ toys ♦ train ♦ walk ♦ trampoline ♦ water play.
Growth Mindset Question Reflection Cards
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Growth Mindset Question Reflection Cards

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This download consists of 19 different Growth Mindset reflection / question cards. These are are a great way to have your students work one a 1:1 basis or in groups at the end of the day or a session to be able to reflect back on their performance and help work towards Growth Mindset. I highly recommend laminating each of the individual question cards so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. These cards will provide you with a great opportunity to encourage Growth Mindset within your classroom / work room.